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Assisted Hatching?

cbeneycbeney
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Good morning! I was wondering who has used Assisted Hatching with their IVF cycles? We are going with ICSI for sure, due to MFI...and the Doc said we can opt for Assisted Hatching as well. But they wont know if they will to it until after the retreival.

Has anyone used this and did it help? thanks! 

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  • DMD1029DMD1029 member

    We did it with all 3 of my IVF cycles.  We left the call up to teh embryologist to make when they did the retrieval. 

    TTC #1,
    IUI #1: December 2008 - BFN
    IVF #1: Microdose Lupron - July 2009; only got 1 egg; BFN
    IVF #2: Natural IVF - Sept 2009; BFP!; D&C Nov. 2009
    IVF #3: Natural IVF - ER: Feb 4, 2010 - 1 "M2" egg retrieved; ET: Feb 9; Beta#1 (19dpo): 2567; Beta #2: 6933; BFP w/ singleton w/strong hrtbt! DS born October 2010
    TTC#2
    IVF #4: Natural IVF - ER: Nov. 20, 2011; ET: Nov. 25, 2011; BFP! Beta#1 (19dpo): 1918; Saw hrtbt on 12/28/11!
    BabyFruit Ticker
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  • MAH123MAH123
    Only with my FETs, but I think they have to with FET because the outer shell of the embies is a little tough after freeze/thaw.
    1 ectopic 3 m/c's prior to 5/05 Un-freaking-explained IF 5/05 IVF, BFN 9/05 FET 3d5e, BFP = Beautiful Baby Girl (lucky pg #5) 8/08 Fet 3d5e, cp 12/08 IVF with PGD, transfer 3, BFN 5/09 FET transfer 4, BFN Hail Mary IUI with Follistim 9/11 BFP; 9/22 confirmed tubal/MTX 4/10 FET 3d5e, BFP!!!! m/c 5/26/10 1 year break and yet another m/c 5/11 FET #5 initial beat 121, second beta 7 Lap and removal of L tube and very mild endo 7/11 Suprise BFP 12/11 & m/c @ 8 wks. After 11 losses and one beautiful miracle our journey is over, we are thankful and at peace.
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  • GymDogFranGymDogFran

    The lab did it for our last (DE) cycle.  We signed something early on that gave the lab the authority to do what they felt was needed.

    One thing I have heard - AH makes it slightly more likely that the embryo would split, meaning identical twins.

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  • JDG2007JDG2007
    we went to an IVF info session at a clinic last week and assisted hatching is mandatory for women 37 and over because by that age they say the chances of the egg having a hard shell are likely...it costs extra too.
    TTC since July 2007 a year on our own, 7 IUIs spread out over 2 years, all BFN IVF attempt #1 - September - antagonist protocol, called off CD8 due too poor response IVF attempt #2 - November - called off on CD11 due to low estrogen IVF attempt #3 - started stims Jan 25th...converted/cancelled Jan 31st...SWITCHED BACK TO IVF Feb 3rd! ER Feb 7th...lets DO this! ET Feb 12th, Beta #1 141, Beta #2 356, u/s #1 hb 141 bpm, u/s at 7 weeks 1 day no hb, missed m/c. So sad. IVF #4 scheduled for June 2011, last chance, this is it
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  • cbeneycbeney
    thanks for the replies! we did sign the consent, so hopefully it helps :)
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